Chicago Food Trucks

Ordering “pick-up” from a restaurant? Pshaw! The newest food craze is Chicago Food Trucks. They come directly to you so you don’t have to spend precious minutes (or hours, in some cases) going out searching for a bite to eat.

Chicago Food Trucks have a variety of options, with both meal and dessert vehicles. Below is a listing of all the trucks by category, and Twitter accounts so you can see where they are headed.

Chicago Food Trucks - Savory

5411 Gourmet Empanadas. Choose from several different fillings, including spinach and cheese, beef, barbecue chicken and caramelized onion. Feel free to mix it up with a red hot or chimichurri sauce. Twitter: @5411empanadas.

Bergstein’s Delicatessen. It’s a New York deli on wheels. Among truck menu items are corned beef on rye, pastrami on rye, and tuna sandwiches. They also mix different salads. Twitter: @BergsteinsNY.

Falafelwich Wagon. Menu has a heavy Mediterranean influence, naturally. Order a Falafelwich, a gyro, or a curried chicken sandwich, and wash it down with some watermelon basil lemonade. Twitter: @falafelwich312.

Gaztro-Wagon. The truck will have a rotational menu serving food like wild boar, BBQ duck, lamb Reuben and butternut squash sandwiches, all served on Naan flat bread. Twitter: @wherezthewagon.

Southern Mac & Cheese Truck. This is much better than the mac and cheese box you got from the supermarket for 63 cents. Their rotational macaroni and cheese menu ranges from pepperoni, chorizo, Italian sausage and truffle-infused cheddar. Twitter: @thesouthernmac.

Taquero Fusion. Enjoy a few varieties of tacos, made from chicken, steak or only vegetables. Rice and beans are side orders, and Mexican Pepsi (made with cane sugar) is available in bottles. Twitter: @taquerofusion.

The Wagyu Wagon. Their top menu item, the Longhorn burger, is quite big. It’s a quarter pound of beef with BBQ pork shoulder, cheese, onions and jalapenos. The wagon also has tacos and chili dogs. Twitter: @thewagyuwagon.

Chicago Food Trucks - Sweets

Cupcakes for Courage. Sure, you can have a vanilla-on-vanilla cake, but you can go bigger with toasted coconut, maple bacon, turtle and dreamsicle cupcakes too. The business is a way to get money for one of the co-workers cancer treatments. Twitter: @CourageousCakes.

More Cupcakes. Literally. Choose from exotically simple flavors like Madagascar vanilla and valrhona chocolate, or complex cupcakes made with chocolate ganache or lemon centers. Twitter: @themoremobile.

Starfruit. Try frozen kefir topped with fresh fruits, nuts or candy. Best part is that Starfruit’s menu is nutritious. You know, as long as you don’t get too crazy with the M&M toppings. Twitter: @starfruitcafe.

Sweet Miss Giving’s. Pick up some cupcakes, biscotti, cookies or other treats. 100% of all SMG’s profits go to help the formerly homeless and HIV/AIDS-affected men, women, and children of Chicago House.